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Breaking: The New York Stock Exchange Has Suspended All Trading

About an hour ago, the New York Stock Exchange suspended all trading for what it’s calling ‘technical reasons’. According to Bloomberg Canada, some 220 symbols had been affected earlier in the morning. And while Bloomberg Business has reported that “A U.S. Department of Homeland Security official, who spoke on condition of

Stop Buggin’: A Clueless Musical is Coming to Broadway

As if! We have yet another reason to book a trip and “roll with your homies” all the way to New York City. Twenty years after its release (and yes, that makes us feel super old as well), Clueless will be made into a Broadway musical. Seriously. But don’t expect to

NYC Schools are Making Solar Roofs with Gardens Part of Their Curriculum

Solar roofs with gardens will soon be part of the NYC school curriculum. Well, some schools, at least. In a forward-thinking move, New York City will spend $23 million dollars to bring solar panels to 24 of the city’s public schools by next summer. The roofs will offer a hands-on science

$10 Million for Your Own Island Within Boating Distance of NYC

Fine, it’s actually $10.995 million. But according to real estate website Zillow, Tavern Island’s 3.5-acre property was “allegedly named for its use as a speakeasy during Prohibition.” So that’s basically the best thing ever. And if you’ve got ten mil, you can probably find another $995K kicking around somewhere. (I assume when

The ‘Hug a Muslim’ Experiment Catches on in NYC

Remember the Blind Trust Project that restored our faith in the humanity of Toronto a few weeks back? When a blindfolded Muslim man blindly asked for hugs in downtown Toronto, the video went viral. Now, New York follows suit